‘V A R E CK J E I T’ is pure gothic symphonic rock distilled down into a Castlevania vibe.
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It even feels like an end boss fight as it introduces different instruments, breaks it down and then charges forward again full throttle. I’d argue that perhaps the over ten-minute finale encapsulates everything ‘░█░█░░█░█░█░’ does so well. ‘L A D I K E R F O S’ also feels particularly mosh worthy with its heavy bass pounding guitar and synth rhythm. The opening assault of piano on ‘A S G R E T A L O S’ initially feels relaxing before it hypes up. The catchy haunting organs of ‘F A R B A S K E I N’ definitely straddle haunting and playful. In an album designed to have each track build to a crescendo, it is difficult to pick up specific high points.
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This might be seen as a negative but because KEYGEN CHURCH makes their songs so melodic and powerful, you can’t help but enjoy the surge of energy from those main instruments. This is because the baroque union of organ and guitar is so thick and strong – its resonance charges over everything else like a gothic syrup. Similarly, the drums may not be the usual powerful force you expect in a metal track. Often the grizzly bass synths are lost in the power but when tracks strip back, they make their presence known. Underpinning all the metal, organs and pianos are synth chiptune grizzlies and rock drums. Tracks like ‘T I L A S K A R O T’ show that at pace whilst the grandstanding ‘G E B U E R J E I T’ epically switches from slow power chords to Deemo-esque baroque classical cascades of notes. They share the stage and the piano then goes nuts to give the music a high end. If the guitar is chugging, so are the organs and the same goes for being bombastic. What really works for me across its ten tracks is how the organs and electric guitars are often completely joined at the hip. Almost every single track is a furious explosion of music.
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All of this carries over into the KEYGEN CHURCH’s second album ‘░█░█░░█░█░█░’ (again a reference to hidden code and hacker delights). The melodies held in each piece would be a maddening attack of arpeggios, speedy chords and riffs and would contain near-impossible feats of human hand manipulation to perform. It was done to showcase technical skill and prowess. The Italian artist known as KEYGEN CHURCH is referencing a time when the internet was young and hackers and demo scene musicians would post music manipulated from programs that seem royally impossible to recreate. Think Castlevania on Speed and you are there. It is quite unlike anything else I own in my music collection and I absolutely love it. The idea here is to fuse together piano, massive pipe organs and pure thrash metal into a tsunami of music. KEYGEN CHURCH has introduced me to an entirely new genre of music. The soundtrack to a future Castlevania movie.
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